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We don't need more of Skiles's explanations of what is going wrong. We need a coach whose management of minutes and rotations doesn't resemble a mad scientist's latest madcap concoction about to explode.

When a coach has lost a team, every snowball becomes an avalanche. Get him out. Now.

Rather, a random act of misappropriated men who find themselvesheld hostage here until the time comes when they too are traded, released, freed from what has become the revolving door to nowhere.*****Need to spend abit more time here {a/p}...regainsome perspective. This mess is no more about Skiles thenthe 39% team FG % is too winning. His he without fault {a/p}?Of course not. Yet, your arrows point exclusively at a man who is now being held hostage by not only his GM, but now,the owner too. Teams a mess. It begins on top in my world,and makes its way down>>>

It is hard to know what to to think about what happened last night without getting caught up in the emotion. Are the players playing poorly because of bad coaching? Or does the coach invariably look bad when the players don't get their jobs done? Or is it all the GMs fault because he hasn't assembled a group that can complement each other's strengths adequately? Or the guy who hired the GM? Something tells me that this team will come back and play harder and smarter against Indiana; that is the history, and the thing that makes them so maddening. That sort of thing is always going to happen in a league where the Bobcats just beat the Bulls, who just beat the Heat, etc, etc.....Here is my point. This has to be Brandon and Monta's team. It can't be Moute's and Beno's, that's just not how things work. Either those two have to hit something close to half of their shots, or pass off enough to the other guys so that they can score, or one/ both need to be moved for someone better, or the coach needs to be replaced by someone who can make it work. No matter who is at fault.

IF: Skiles' mindset is really all about "let me out of here", and if most of his decisions so far this year (Gooden, Priz, Dalembert, Harris, etc) have really been about how to upstage his GM, and if he really thinks that Daniels is best defensive player not big enough to be a power forward, and if he and Delfino really instant message each other after every game....THEN: Is it a stretch to think that last night maybe the fix was in? Just sayin....

U r mind wurx in wondrous ways, KrakkenMaster. Scott Smiley was seemingly detached and composed in the interview after this latest derriere whuppin? Who will he embrace next, Social Media Maven, Sophia Minuet?

One of your 'lieutenents' approaches you, and asks to be 'let go' / dismissed from any further obligation to your company. Rather then cutting loose this worker, you decline such a request, ironically knowing that the man will be gone anyway in a fairly short time..?

Discuss the implications of that 'lieutentent's' behavior and attitude with this company, and the periphery issues that will undoubtly manifest themselves until said time of departure arrives?

I bet he blasted his team in the locker room [Wingy]. Think of Skiles what you want, but to his credit, IMO, he has been nothing more than honest about his team and individual player performances in press conferences and newspaper interviews without 'calling anyone out' in public.

In a laughable game like last night, you can't do much more then ... ...dismiss that embarrassing, joke of a game.

While all the Larry, Larry chants are endearing, when he becomes invisible except for a few lazy fouls, the Bucks are toast. Even with Larry playing with 100% energy ... the Bucks lack a low-post presence. They have a roster of low-post presence big men. Including everyone's new found hero, John Henson.

So while many jumped into the let's fired Scott Skiles derby, could anyone 'connect with the obvious lack of talent' on this roster. Because losing coaches get fired, we'll probably find out soon.

contrary to conventional 'b Log Brethren' wisdom, firing the SKOWLING1 will really not cure all that ails this team. I see the flawed vision of Hammond and Herbie's three pied pipers as being more problematic.

It is most difficult to NOT be redundent, or find yourselfrepeating what others have said. Such commentary is the state of Buckdom. Same issues. Same core. Same GM. And yes, same coach.All get to take a bite out of the blame apple when it comes down to missing show time on a seasonal basis.

They keeep to doing the same wrong things, and we...well, we keep writing the same damn things.Its nuts {hawthorne}...ab-so-lute-ly fricken nuts baby>>>

Not sure why the hysteria, though I do note it is coming from a few who are notfrequent flyers, therefore, perhaps their first time to vent.Lets review shall we:

>9-8 at home. Sad, yet indicitive of losing every other game. Check.>BJ-6-15...OH, BJ...BJ...BJ....Check.>ME-5-19...OH, ME..............Check.>-14 pts. in what has become the 'dark hole' / the third quarter.....Check.>-In conjunction with the high end launch code in effect, -23-dimes..Check...(High functioning Buck-team thrives above -25-/closer to -30-....Hey, they raised their own bar mid-season last when I could have sworn......I was watching a different team.)

>There are others but, we'll leave this with the notion that the benchhad four in double figures/starters three. Three of the four leading bench guys numbers exceeded two of the starters in minutes. Four years. Four seasons.

Coach is taking a pounding for many a personnel / rotation / starter/bench (?)and related on floor combo's. I too take issue with this near 'obessive-need-to-change-nightly, yet, those numbers above are fairly consistant, and if indeed, this club "wins or loses by how BJ / Monta Perform"...well, then last nights game ended as indicated...with a loss......Check-Mate>>>

The Bucks have not been relevant since Herb (Montgomery Burns) Kohl purchased them. One 2 year run in twenty some years. It all starts at the top. Bad team playing bad ball in a bad arena. Hoping someone with a big wallet who cares buys them soon.

Perhaps if the NBA were to change it's format from four quarters to two quarters we could compete. Scott Skiles appears to have lost interest in coaching. His looks on the sideline appear to be defeatest. He looks uninspired and uninterested and appears to be suffering from burnout. In a weak division we are nothing better than a third place team and we are not far away from fourth place. When football is over basketball is usually the choice. However, the Bucks, Badgers and Marquette all appear to be average or below average this year. Baseball cannot come soon enough!

Pick on Henson when the guards are playing matador defense. Moute appears to have recaptured his hands of stone and the other night as well as last night couldn't make a shot from outside of one foot (even missed one of those the other night as well). Looks like Henson will be back on the bench along with all the others that are on Skiles list. Pretty soon he will bench the entire team and forfeit.

Prince's offfense has been questionable, sporatic, and seemingly accepted by this adminstration illustrated with the resign. I've surrendered to the fact that whatever Prince brings offensively is gravy. His D, rebounds, hussle, etc. is his strength. It is hard, and even sad to think a team like the Bucks, who needs every swing-dick to make as many shots as possible, have the luxury to start a forward who rarely puts up double figures in scoring.

“If you care at all about a guy reaching his potential, it isn’t can he go out and have a good game on a given night. It’s working on a guy’s habits and teaching him how to be a pro, how to prepare himself. There’s a lot that goes into it if you’re thinking long-term for John or Doron (Lamb) or Tobias (Harris) or any of our young guys.

“Then you hope that when they get opportunities, they can go in and be productive. If they can and they’re moving in the right direction in other areas, they’ll keep getting a chance.”

And this doesn't sound like someone one a team who has been lost by the coach:

“To be honest, I think sitting out and getting these DNPs, especially watching Larry (Sanders) and how he’s progressing and scoring in the offense … really help me see what I need to do to be successful.”